Re: Moving files from clients to the server
From: Alexander Nickolov (agnickolov_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/30/04
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:41:29 -0700
The standard approach would be to use sockets, but
I honestly don't know if that's the best solution for you.
-- ===================================== Alexander Nickolov Microsoft MVP [VC], MCSD email: agnickolov@mvps.org MVP VC FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/vcfaq ===================================== "Kalevet" <Kalevet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E304C330-005D-4F77-BB4B-73E28EF45EDD@microsoft.com... > Hi all, > I'm working on a system that involves clients that reproduce certain > files, > and a server that processes them. I have a dilemma regarding the way the > files should be passed to the server. The problem is that the files might > be > as large as a few tens of MB, and there might be a few tens of files. > Therefore, the fastest way to create them is on the clients' machines. > However, the server expects to see them on its local disks as well, to > avoid > extra networking while they are processed. > When dealing with files, nothing makes more sense then using the file > system > interface (explorer, dos commands, windows API) for moving them from one > computer to another. This, however, requires some sort of folder sharing > and > having the proper rights. We install our system at various clients, each > having a different network, and I can't tell how happy would the system > administrator be with sharing folders. Also, I'd like to have the file > move > automated, since I can't be sure the clients would remember to do that > every > time. > Another solution is to steam the files over the network. I use DCOM to > communicate between the clients and the server. I assume passing 100MB > files > using the file system would be done more efficiently then streaming them > and > passing them as strings using DCOM calls (what are the limits for that?), > but > I'd like to hear your opinion about that. What I like about this solution > is > that it takes the users and the network configurations out of the game, > but I > really don't know if that's reasonable or not. > If you have any other idea as to how to move files from the clients to the > server while depending as little as possible on the users and the network > configuration, I'd love to hear it. > All users use windows, the network could be either netware or windows. > Thanks, > Kal >
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